About the Greek people the finance term Greeks finance Infobox Ethnic group group Greeks br image ... ethnic groups were Greeks 93.76 , Albanians 4.32 , Bulgarians 0.39 , Romanians 0.23 , Ukrainians ... of Foreign Affairs, General Secretary for Greeks Abroad accessdate 2004 archiveurl http web.archive.org ... ge grec Greeks in Georgia ref region18 flagcountry Serbia pop18 15,000 ref18 ref Glas Javnosti http ... small estimate small ref22 lower ref cite web url http www.cacianalyst.org ?q node 515 title GREEKS ... and 30,000 post WW2 migrants. br smallsup e Including descendants . The Greeks , also known as the Hellenes ... established in most corners of the Mediterranean Sea Mediterranean , but Greeks have always been centered ... cite encyclopedia year 2008 title The Greeks encyclopedia Encyclop dia Britannica publisher Encyclop dia Britannica Inc. location US id Online Edition ref Until the early 20th century, Greeks were ... Republic of Turkey Turkey , except Constantinople effectively ethnic Greeks into the borders of the Republic ... Greeks in Italy southern Italy to the Greeks in Georgia Caucasus and in diaspora communities in a number of other countries. Today, most Greeks are officially registered as members of the Greek Orthodox ... V. I. Georgiev . The Greeks speak the Greek language , which forms its own unique branch within ... such as the Jews, Armenians, and Greeks to survive and persist over centuries and millennia Smith 1993 ... age of saints, sages, and heroes in the rise of modern nationalism among the Jews, Armenians, and Greeks ... in 1832, when the Greeks liberated a part of their historic homelands from the Ottoman Empire . ref ..., which, even if it did not produce a precocius nationalism among the Greeks, provided the later Greek ... Greeks probably arrived at the area now called Greece, in the southern tip of the Balkans Balkan ... epics , the Greeks of prehistory are viewed as the ancestors of the early classical civilization ... J.M. year 2004 publisher Penguin isbn 9780141030425 pages 171 172, 222 url ref While the Greeks ... more details
Refimprove date January 2010 A Greeks Greek presence throughout the Black Sea area existed long before the beginnings of Kievan Rus . For most of their history in this area, the history of the Greeks in Russia and in Ukraine forms a single narrative, of which a division according to present day boundaries would be an artificial anachronism. Greeks Whom most are Pontic Greeks or descended from Pontic Greek colonists established colonies on what are now the Ukraine Ukrainian shores of the Black Sea as early as 6th century B.C. The Greek colonies traded with various ancient nations around the Black sea Scythians , Maeotae , Cimmerians , Goths , Slavs proto Slavs . After the Polovtsy and Mongol Tatar invasion of the steppes to the north of the Black Sea, Greeks remained only in the towns beyond the Crimean Mountains , on their southern slopes. They lived among the Crimean Tatars until the conquest of Crimea by the Russian Empire and Tsarina Catherine II of Russia Catherine the Great s plan to relocate the Greeks from Crimea to the northern shores of the Azov sea . New territory was assigned for the Greeks between today s cities of Mariupol and Donetsk , and basically comprises all the southern portion of Donetsk Oblast of Ukraine. Ukrainians and Germans were settled among the Greeks, and afterwards Russians. Ukrainians mostly settled villages and partly towns in this area, unlike the Greeks, who rebuilt their towns, even giving them their original Crimean names. Since this time in Ukraine ..., Gurzuf Urzuf, etc. During the Soviet era, Crimean Greeks were expelled after the Second World War. By the 2001 census there were 91,500 Greeks, the vast majority of whom 77,000 still live in Donetsk ... enacted by the Soviet government. Thus many Greeks were intended to change to the more prestigious Russian nationality. Other concentrations of Greeks are in Odessa and other major cities. See also Greeks in Russia Greeks in Georgia Greek diaspora Mariupol Language structure Greece Ukraine relations ... more details
Antiochian Greeks are members of the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch who have resided in the territory of contemporary Turkey Turkish province of Hatay Province Hatay , which includes the old city of Antioch or modern day Antakya . The community has a long heritage that dates back to the establishment of Antioch in 323 BC by Seleucus I Nicator at the time of Alexander the Great s conquest of Asia. The majority of the Antiochian Greeks is a mix of the earliest Macedonian Greeks Macedonian settlers, Roman era Greeks, Byzantine Greeks R m , and Aramaeans ancient Syrians . Some of those Aramaeans spoke Syriac and celebrated the liturgy in Old Syriac Syriac Aramaic . With Arabic becoming the lingua franca in the Levant today, the majority has become an Arabic speaking Christians Arabic speaking Christian community, primarily speaking Levantine Arabic , although many also speak Greek language Greek and Turkish language Turkish . History Historically, they were considered as a part of R m Millet Ottoman Empire millet by the Ottoman Empire Ottoman authorities. The community had a notable tendency of immigration in early 20th century. As the Sanjak of Alexandretta was then a part of Syria , Greeks were not subject to Exchange of populations between Greece and Turkey population exchange of 1923 ... 1960s, a new wave of immigration has drawn Antiochian Greeks to Western countries. Population According to a census conducted by the Patriarchate of Antioch in 1895, there were 50,000 Antiochian Greeks ... population was estimated at 10,000. ref http www.hr action.org thr GRTURK.html OTHER The Greeks ... Greeks in Turkey live in Istanbul . They are concentrated in skenderun , Samanda , and Alt n z ... can trace their heritage to the Antiochian Greeks of the past. References Reflist See also Antioch Greeks in Turkey Greek Orthodox Christians in Greater Syria Luke the Evangelist John Chrysostom Simeon Stylites Demographics of Turkey Category Anatolian Greeks Category Greek diaspora Category Demographics ... more details
the Union of Greeks in Georgia and there is a Cultural Centre and a newspaper entitled Greek Diaspora ... Prevelakis, Finis Greciae or the Return of the Greeks? State and Diaspora in the Context of Globalisation, p.4 ref The Greeks are known as Names of the Greeks berdzeni in Georgian language Georgian ... influx of Anatolia n Greeks, fleeing the persecutions by the Ottomans after the Greek War of Independence , came in 1829 30. These were the Christian, but largely Turcophone Greeks known as Urums , who ... of Trialeti , then part of the Russian Empire . The Pontic Greeks Pontic Greek refugees also ... towns. ref name CAC http www.ca c.org journal 2005 06 eng 17.komprimen.shtml CA C.org The Greeks of Georgia ... , and Abkhazia , comprising 38.6 , 21.6 and 14.6 of all Georgian Greeks, respectively. ref name NewGeorgia Although Georgians and Greeks share many cultural traits, the Greek community of Georgia ... strife and economic crisis forced many Greeks to emigrate abroad permanently, or on seasonal works ... . Greeks in Abkhazia After World War II , ethnic Greeks of the Abkhaz ASSR were Population transfer ... 0313309213 pages 119 128 ref Most of the Greeks fled Abkhazia mostly to Greece and Russia during ... Fleece , evacuating 1,015 Greeks who had decided to abandon their homes in Abkhazia on August 15 ... of Operation Golden Fleece to evacuate diaspora Greeks from war in Abkhazia , Dionyssis Kalamvrezos ref Greeks in Tsalka Until thirty years ago Greeks made up 70 of the 30,000 strong population ... to allow them entry. Consequently the number of Greeks returning to Georgia has decreased. Some have ... Georgia s Greeks Trying to come home ref Instances of violence, related to the above have sometimes resulted in the death of elderly Greeks while more have been injured. ref name EurasiaNet The Georgian ... violence. In 2005 the Council of Greeks in Georgia has appealed to the World Council of Hellenes ... news greek mpab 2005 05 04 19.mpab.html HRI The hardships of the Greeks in Tsalka ref See also ... more details
The Greeks of Kazakhstan are mainly the descendants of Pontic Greeks Pontic Greek who were deported there by Joseph Stalin Stalin , from southern Russia and the Caucasus region in 1949. ref http www.pontos.org index.htm? englsh istoria fotiad1.htm Short Synopsis of the Pontian Greek History ref ref Agtzidis, The Persecution of Pontic Greeks in the Soviet Union Journal of Refugee Studies , 1991, 4, pp. 372 381. ref Nowadays there are between 10 and 12 thousand ethnic Greeks living in Kazakhstan in 17 communities, which together with the Kyrgyzstan community make up the FILIA friendship in Greek Federation of Greek Communities of Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. The Federation prints a small newspaper, organizes dance events, and offers Greek language and dance classes. At the moment in Kazakhstan there are 6 ethnic Greek teachers funded by the General Secretariat of Greeks Abroad. Furthermore, Greek is taught by two teachers seconded from Greece. ref http www.mfa.gr www.mfa.gr en US Policy Geographic Regions Russia Eastern Europe Central Asia Bilateral Relations Kazakhstan Greece MFA Greek community in Kazakhstan ref See also Greek diaspora Greek Kazakh relations Demographics of Kazakhstan References reflist Kazakhstan topics Greek diaspora Kazakhstan stub Greece stub Category Ethnic groups in Kazakhstan Category Greek minorities Kazakhstan zh ... more details
Image LocationZimbabwe.svg 300px right thumb Zimbabwe The Greeks Greek community in Zimbabwe comprises about 2,500 of Greek origin, almost half of them from Cyprus. ref name gmfa Hellenic Republic Ministry of Foreign Affairs http www.mfa.gr www.mfa.gr en US Policy Geographic Regions Sub Saharan Africa Bilateral Relation Zimbabwe Zimbabwe The Greek Community ref Zimbabwe currently hosts eleven Greek Orthodox churches and fifteen Greek associations and humanitarian organizations. ref name gopa http www.greekorthodox zimbabwe.org zimbabwe.htm Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and all Africa Holy Archbishopric of Zimbabwe ref History The Greek community in Zimbabwe numbered between 13,000 and 15,000 people in 1972 but following the deterioration of Zimbabwe s domestic and financial situation has been reduced to a fraction of its former size. ref name gmfa Present situation The local Greek community and Greece itself are active in the field of humanitarian assistance to Zimbabwe. ref http www.news24.com News24 Africa Zimbabwe 0,,2 11 1662 2291539,00.html Greeks strongly behind Zimbabwe ref Apart from a few landowners and businesspeople the majority of Greeks in the country are occupied in trade and other activities that contribute considerably to the country s economy. ref name gmfa There are Greek communities in various cities in the country, ref name gopa including Bulawayo , Mutare , Gweru and Harare where the local community has been operating a Greek school since 1954. ref name gmfa The Holy Archbishopric of Zimbabwe and Southern Africa is under the jurisdiction of the Patriarchate of Alexandria. ref name gopa See also Portalbox Greece Zimbabwe Greek Diaspora Greeks in South Africa Greeks in Zambia Greeks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Greeks in D.R. Congo References reflist Greek diaspora Category Greek minorities Zimbabwe Category Ethnic groups in Zimbabwe ... more details
Greeks and other southern Europeans were settled on the island and given lands for farming ..., the pro Genoese Greeks in Corsica became the targets of sustained attacks by Corsican nationalists ... around Cargese. Attempts at integrating Greeks into Corsican society involved the establishment of a mixed Greek Corsican gendermerie. Many Corsican Greeks subsequently left the island for French .... In general this has resulted in Corsican Greeks losing their separate ethnic religious ... Greeks in pre Roman Gaul References references External links http www.ypex.gov.gr www.mfa.gr en US ... clio revues AHI articles english pari.html Essay about the Greeks of Marseille http www.info grece.com Inforamtions on Greece and Greeks around the world in French Immigration to France Greek diaspora ... more details
Infobox Ethnic group group Greeks in Armenia image pop 1,176 ref http docs.armstat.am census pdfs 51.pdf 2001 Armenian Census ref region1 center Yerevan , Lori Province center pop1 languages Greek language Greek mainly Pontic Greek , Russian language Russian , Armenian language Armenian religions Orthodox Christianity The Greeks of Armenia are mainly descendants of the Pontic Greeks , who originally lived along the shores of the Black Sea . Seafaring Ionians Ionian Greeks settled around the southern shores of the Black Sea starting around 800 BC later expanding to coastal regions of modern Romania , Russia , Bulgaria and Ukraine . The Pontic Greeks lived for thousands of years almost isolated from the Greek peninsula, retaining elements of the Ancient Greek language and making Pontic Greek unintelligible to most other modern Hellenic languages . Modern Several villages with large proportion of Greek Armenians are found in areas along Armenia s northern border with Georgia country Georgia , in the northern part of the Lori Province Lori marz province . The largest communities can be found in Alaverdi and Yerevan , ref http www2.mfa.gr www.mfa.gr en US Policy Geographic Regions Russia Eastern Europe Central Asia Bilateral Relations Armenia Hellenic Republic Hellenic Republic, Ministry of Foreign Affairs ref followed by Vanadzor , Gyumri , Stepanavan , Hankavan and Noyemberyan . Greeks in Armenia number around 1,800 to over 4,000 ref http www.ana.gr anaweb user showplain?maindoc 5475072&maindocimg 5063588&service 102 Papoulias concludes state visit to Armenia Bot generated title ... reasons. Greeks and Armenians often live together in mixed communities north of the Armenian border in Georgia. cquote Armenia s Greeks, as in the whole of South Caucasus Transcaucasia , speak the Pontic ... 20th century. endoethnonym ROMEYUS . All Armenia s Greeks are fluent in both Armenian language ... Reflist Armenia topics Greek diaspora DEFAULTSORT Greeks In Armenia Category Ethnic groups in Armenia ... more details
There are approximately 9,000 ethnic Greeks in Uzbekistan . The community is made up of Greeks from Russia who were deported by force from that country to Uzbekistan in the 1940s, and political refugees from Greece . About 30,000 Greeks lived in the country before World War II and a further 11,000 arrived after the Greek Civil War . Their numbers have dwindled from a high of some 40,000 in the 1960s. The main reason is emigration to Greece after the end of the Cold War when laws allowed the return of all ethnic Greeks who had been exiled for political reasons after the Greek Civil War. The biggest Greek community in the country is in the capital city of Tashkent where most of the Greek political refugees were relocated by the Soviet authorities. ref http www.cacianalyst.org ?q node 515 Greeks in Uzbekistan ref In ancient times the south of the country was part of the Hellenistic Seleucid Kingdom but the few Greek communities there have since assimilated. ref http mfa.uz eng about uzb history Uzbekistan MFA Alexander the Great ref The most important organization representing ethnic Greeks is the Greek Cultural Association of Tashkent. The activities of this organization include Greek language instruction 19 classes with a total of 571 students, classes for adults and the teaching of Greek dances and music. ref http www.mfa.gr www.mfa.gr en US Policy Geographic Regions Russia Eastern Europe Central Asia Bilateral Relations Uzbekistan Greece MFA Greek community in Uzbekistan ref Notable people Evangelos Goussis , Australian kickboxer Vassilis Hatzipanagis , footballer for Iraklis in the 1970s and 1980s See also Greek people Greek diaspora Greek Uzbek relations References reflist Greek diaspora Category Ethnic groups in Uzbekistan Category Greek minorities Uzbekistan Uzbekistan stub ... more details
orphan date October 2010 Them Greeks... is an animated short film, produced by Red Giant Studios and Durga Digital Studios to be released in 2011. update after 2011 12 31 The film is directed by Spyros Tsiounis. Spyros has worked as a Story Artist on a number of successful feature films including Flushed Away , Curious George , Kung Fu Panda , The Bee Movie , Coraline , Stuart Little , Stuart Little 2 and Shrek Forever After . Plot In the middle of an American metropolis, Norman, a grumpy, antisocial fellow, who despises noise and disorder, clashes with a bunch of rowdy Greeks. References references Interview with Spyros Tsiounis http www.photoshopcafe.com interviews spyros.htm Them Greeks Tests Independent Digital Production Model http www.sf360.org ?pageid 13022 Coproduction Qu bec Hollywood en chantier http www.cyberpresse.ca le soleil arts et spectacles cinema 200909 17 01 903032 coproduction quebec hollywood en chantier.php External links http www.themgreeks.com http redgiantstudios.com Category Upcoming films ... more details
Unsourced date March 2012 Infobox political party party name Independent Greeks native name party logo File Aneksarthtoi Ellines.jpg 200px colorcode skyblue country Greece leader Panos Kammenos founder Panos Kammenos foundation 4 February 2012 ideology position centre right seats1 title Hellenic Parliament Parliament seats1 Infobox political party seats 2 300 skyblue seats2 title European Parliament Seats in the European Parliament seats2 Infobox political party seats 0 22 skyblue seats3 title Peripheries of Greece Council members in the Peripheries seats3 Infobox political partyt seats 0 725 skyblue european europarl international colours Blue, Red slogan We are Many, We are Indepandent, We are Greeks headquarters 196, Sygrou Avenue br 176 71 Kallithea website The Independent Greeks are Greek center right political party, created on February 24, 2012 by MP Panos Kammenos. The announcement for the creation, was made through social networking pages by the same Panos Kammenos. The Independent Greeks , has said he supports and Yiannis Manolis, former member of New Democracy . On March 4, 2012, announced the membership of the independent MP A Athens, coming from the SW, Elena Kountouras. Category Political parties in Greece Category Political parties established in 2012 ... more details
Inappropriate tone date April 2010 Infobox Ethnic group group Greeks in Chile br small Griegos en Chile small image poptime 90,000 120,000 popplace Antofagasta , Valparaiso , La Serena, Chile La Serena , Coquimbo , Santiago Chile Santiago de Chile . langs Chilean Spanish , Greek language Greek rels Christianity related Greeks , Greek diaspora , Greeks in Argentina Greek Argentine The Greek community in Chile are estimated to number from 90,000 to 120,000 ref es http viajerosgriegos.ar.vg Embajada Griega en Chile. ref and reside either in the Santiago, Chile Santiago area or in the Antofagasta area, mostly. Immigration The first immigrants arrived during the sixteenth century from Crete , so named Candia in honor of the island s capital, the current Heraklion . The surname, although at present, is very disconnected from its ancient origins. The majority of Greek immigrants arrived in Chile at the beginning of century , some as part of their spirit of adventure and escape from the rigors of the World War and the catastrophe of Smyrna in Asia Minor , although many Greeks had already settled in Antofagasta , including crews of the ships commanded by Arturo Prat for the Pacific War 1879 1883 in naval battle of Iquique boatswain Constantine Micalvi . Amid this flood of foreigners who populated northern Chilean appeared the Greeks . There were numerous Greeks Collectivit Hellenic whose records were listed in two sources. One of these was the extensive collaboration that gave the Chilean press through its pages in the newspaper El Mercurio . The other end of the fire under the rubble ... , between the years 1920 and 1935 there were about 4,000 Greeks in the city and other 3,000 in Sodium ... or five generations of descendants of Greeks. Some have moved south and are grouped mainly in Santiago ... www.apocatastasis.com story greeks chile antofagasta.php The story of the Greeks in Chile started ... Greeks In Chile Category Ethnic groups in Chile Category Greek minorities Chile Category Chilean ... more details
Infobox Ethnic group group Greeks in Kyrgyzstan poptime 451 ref name NewCensus Cite document last first author link last2 first2 author2 link title Population and Housing Census 2009. Book 2. Part 1. in tables . Population of Kyrgyzstan. 2009 ... rels related c Greeks in Kyrgyzstan form one of Kyrgyzstan the country s smaller minority groups. The existing data are contradictory. According to 2009 Census there are 451 Greeks ref name NewCensus ... 05 04 ref However, the data of the General Secretariat For Greeks Abroad give an even lower number 50 people . ref cite web publisher General Secretariat For Greeks Abroad accessdate 2009 05 07 url ... H3llBot ref History Initial settlement According to an official census of 1920, the Greeks of Kyrgyzstan ... attachments Istorikh Parousia Ellhnwn ston Kaukaso.pdf format PDF title The Historical Presence of the Greeks ... War II Greeks living in the Soviet Union &mdash most of them were merchants, but there were also ... ref For a considerable time after the end of the war, these deported Greeks remained unrehabilitated ... October 2010 bot H3llBot ref Most of these Greeks were finally concentrated in the Osh province , and the town ... ?p 1734 title Stalin s Persecutions against the Greeks of the Soviet Union publisher ... by the Stalinism Stalinist regime , more than 31,000 families Pontian Greeks and Greeks from Crimea ... Greeks finally settled in the Talas Province . ref name Agtz Migration to Greece In early 1990s, the Greek ... 2003 doi 10.1080 713999342 month January title Migration of Ethnic Greeks from the Former Soviet Union ... onward, their number has been decreasing, due to outmigration by Greeks in search of work. ref name ... name Diam Organization The community is represented by the Filia Friendship Association of Ethnic Greeks ... of Greeks in Kyrgyzstan has been decreasing for 15 years last Bengard first A. Dead link date ... is covered by the Greek government, Secretariat of Greeks Abroad. The University of Bishkek opened ... more details
Infobox Ethnic group group Greeks in Serbia poptime 572 2002 ref name b92 http www.b92.net eng news society article.php?yyyy 2010&mm 03&dd 20&nav id 65928 ref br 12,000 of Greek descent est. Citation needed date July 2011 popplace Belgrade , Smederevo , Novi Sad , Ni The Greeks and Serbs of Greek descent in Serbia is estimated at around 15,000 people, Citation needed date July 2011 at the 2002 census there was 572 Greeks recognized as a minority by the Serbian government. ref name b92 They are mostly .... Many Greeks added the Slavic ending i , ski or ev to their surnames as an assimilation process in SFR ... association of Greeks in Serbia was formed in 1923 under the name Riga od Fere . The first ... Serb Greeks celebrate the Slava Serbs Serbian patron saint Serbian traditions veneration and they all celebrate Annunciation , The Greek Foreign Ministry asserts that marriages between Serbs and Greeks ... shared by many Greeks and Serbs. ref http www2.mfa.gr www.mfa.gr en US Policy Geographic Regions South ... Macedonia under Serbian Empire Emperor Du an the Mighty , the Emperor of Serbs and Greeks . After ... ura and Lazar Brankovi in the mid 15th century. Many medieval Serbian consorts were of Greeks Greek ... and in the homes of the Jewish merchant families. However, a number of Greeks remained in Po arevac ... weeping willow , Ta Dyo Lefka Peristeria The Two White Doves , or Kasine . The Greeks and Serbs were ... on, weddings between Serbs and Greeks. With the passage of time, the second and third generations of the Greek settlers lost the Greek language, mainly because the Greeks were not living isolated ... Serbian Greek relations . cquote ...We, Greeks in Serbia, feel concern over the fact that the Greek ... The Greek national minority council and Association of Greeks in Serbia ref The appeal adds that a wrong ... Interview with Janis Savas, President of the Association of Greeks in Serbia sr icon Greek diaspora Ethnic groups in Serbia DEFAULTSORT Greeks In Serbia Category Serbian people of Greek descent Category ... more details
related Greek American Greek Australian footnotes Greeks in Hawaii or Helene were one of the earliest ... to the Overthrow of the Hawaiian Monarchy . Early contact The earliest Greeks had come to Hawaii ... Greeks came as Whaling whalers and Merchant vessel traders . The Russian Orthodox Church was established ... I of the ABCFM , he held a certain degree of approval that the Greeks were at the minimum Christians, but the missionary community would learn to loathe the Greeks. In 1850 princes Kamehameha IV .... Later establishment In the 1870s Greeks began to emigrate because of famine and over population in Greece for labor on Hawaii s sugar plantations. A few entrepreneurial Greeks came in the 1880s to Hawaii ... missionaries had since become a group of wealthy elite and the disdain for the Greeks had increase. William DeWitt Alexander William Alexander described Greeks as commercial, ingenious andeloquent, but deceitful ... up by two countersuit s. After the suit the new Greeks of the community avoided the Missionaries and instead acquainted themselves with the Monarchs. The Greeks came to compete against the Missionaries ... tuned to aggression the political situation became increasingly unfavorable to the Greeks ... Souci , to the annoyance of pro government supporters. The Greeks took part in opposing the Provisional ... was put down swiftly and royalists were captured and arrested including some Greeks, of which two ...&sig AHIEtbSM WygXBM6PSU rDQxyKSImQOJIA Gonser, James Greeks paved path of their own ... May 25 ln ln14p.html Papapostolou, Anastasios Greeks in Hawaii and Their Festival Greek Reporter. August 28 2009. http usa.greekreporter.com 2009 08 28 greeks in hawaii and their ferstiva Greek diaspora ... more details
Refimprove date March 2010 Infobox Ethnic group group Greeks in Norway poptime 1,671 2009 ref name StatNor09 popplace Bergen , Oslo languages Norwegian language Norwegian , Greek language Greek religions Greek Orthodox Church related c Greek diaspora Greeks in Norway form one of the country s smaller Immigration to Norway immigrant groups . The Greeks Greek community in Norway consists of 1,671 ref name StatNor09 cite web url http www.ssb.no english subjects 02 01 10 innvbef en tab 2009 04 30 05 en.html title Persons with immigrant background by immigration category, country background and sex. 1 January 2009 accessdate 2010 03 11 quote publisher Statistics Norway Dead link date October 2010 bot H3llBot ref individuals in 2009, up from 1,572 ref name StatNor08 cite web url http www.ssb.no innvbef en arkiv tab 2008 04 29 05 en.html title Persons with immigrant background by immigration category, country background and sex. 1 January 2008 accessdate 2010 03 11 publisher Statistics Norway ref in 2008. As of 2009, 673 are immigrants themselves, 41 were born in Norway to two immigrant parents, and 809 were born in Norway to one immigrant parent. The majority are established in Bergen and Oslo more or less permanently. There are very few Greeks in Norway who are married to other Greeks . fact date April 2010 Language 11 pupils in Norwegian primary and lower secondary schools have the Greek language as their primary language. Most of them live in the second largest city, Bergen . class wikitable County Greek pupils 2002 Greek pupils 2009 ref http statbank.ssb.no statistikkbanken Default FR.asp?PXSid 0&nvl true&PLanguage 0&tilside selectvarval define.asp&Tabellid 03742 Statistics Norway the Stat Bank ref Hordaland 4 8 Akershus 4 1 Buskerud 2 1 Telemark 0 1 S r Tr ndelag 5 0 stfold 3 0 Hedmark 2 0 Vestfold 2 0 Aust Agder 1 0 Rogaland 1 0 Total 24 11 Greek Orthodox Congregations in Norway Main Orthodoxy in Norway Some of the 7,600 Orthodox in Norway are Greeks. The primarily ... more details
and after World War I by George Soteriadis of the University of Athens. Ottoman Greeks Greek language Greek , lang tr Osmanl Rumlar were ethnic Greeks who lived in the Ottoman Empire 1299 1923 , the Republic of Turkey s predecessor. Ottoman Greeks, who were Greek Orthodoxy Greek Orthodox ... dhimmi system, Greeks, as Christians , were guaranteed limited freedoms such as the right to worship ... the law. Twentieth century On July 24, 1908, Greeks hopes for equality in the Ottoman Empire brightened ... Greeks living in the Ottoman Empire . ref harvnb Alaux Puaux 1916 . ref Some prominent Ottoman Greeks served as Ottoman Parliamentary Deputies. In the 1908 Parliament, there were twenty six 26 Ottoman ... 2001 p 91 . ref From 1914 until 1923, Greeks in Thrace and Asia Minor were subject to a campaign ... and national leader ethnarch of Greeks and the other ethnicities that were included in the Greek ... and those church dignitaries around him constituted the first centre of power for the Greeks inside ... attracting the former Byzantine nobility. Identity The Greeks were a self conscious group within ... harvnb Harrison 2002 pp 276 277 The Greeks belonged to the community of the Orthodox subjects of the Sultan ... their own religion, customs, and language, and the Greeks became the most important non Turkish element in the Ottoman Empire . ref Throughout the post Byzantine and Ottoman periods, Greeks, as members ..., Greeks and Romaioi or Romioi Greek , Romans . ref harvnb Kakavas 2002 p 29 All the peoples belonging to the flock of the Ecumenical Patriarchate declared themselves Graikoi Greeks ... named as Greeks Hellenes in the Greek language would not describe themselves as such they are generally ..., ... ref Notable Ottoman Greeks Aleksandro ... gallery center See also Asia Minor Greeks in Turkey Greek genocide Greek Muslims Millet Ottoman Empire ... Greeks and Barbarians year 2002 location New York, New York publisher Routledge isbn 0415939585 url ... more details
File Greci Romania 2002 .PNG thumb Greeks in Romania 2002 There has been a Greek presence in Romania for at least 27 centuries. At times, as during the Phanariotes Phanariote era, this presence has amounted to hegemony at other times including the present , the Greeks have simply been one among the many Minorities of Romania ethnic minorities in Romania . History Ancient and Medieval Period The Greek presence in what is now Romania dates back as far as the apoikiai colonies and emporia trade stations founded in and around Dobruja see Colonies in antiquity and Pontic Greeks , beginning in the 7th century BC. Starting with the Miletus Milesian colony at Histria Sinoe Istros , the process reached its height after Constan a Tomis was founded in the 5th century BC. Although forever subject to the Dacians Dacian interference and easily disrupted by changes in the politics of neighbour tribal chieftains ... , but also the gradual ascendancy of Greeks to the thrones themselves. The rapid change brought ..., most Greeks lost their specificity and became fully integrated for example, a sizable portion of noble ... trends of migration, Romania became a less important target for exiled Greeks, and this became limited to people of lower social status&mdash with ethnic Greeks being most visible as entrepreneurs ..., after the integration of Dobruja in 1878, which also gave Romania a new population of Greeks ... of Br ila County Br ila and Gala i County Gala i . The 1992 census however found 19,594 Greeks ref http www.eurominority.org version eng minority detail.asp?id minorites ro gree Greeks in Romania , eurominority.org. Accessed 15 December 2006. ref this shows the tendency of ethnic Greeks outside of Greece ... descent . According to the General Secretariat for Greeks Abroad a dependency of the Minister for Foreign ... elena.ro The Hellenic Union of Romania ro icon http www.divers.ro greci scurt istoric ro The Greeks Their story on the Romanian lands Ethnic groups in Romania Greek diaspora DEFAULTSORT Greeks In Romania ... more details
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Cleanup date June 2010 Infobox Ethnic group group Pontian Greeks br nowrap ... region. The Pontic Greeks of the Pontians lang el , lang tr Pontus Rumlar are an ethnic group traditionally living in the Pontus region, the shores of Turkey s Black Sea . They consist of Greeks ... from that of the rest of the Greek world. Pontians were historically Christian Greeks who were persecuted ... intermarriage also with non Pontic Greeks , the exact number of Greeks hailing from the Pontus, or people with Greek descent living there, is unknown. After 1988, Pontian Greeks in the Soviet Union started ... Pontians by fellow Greeks. The largest communities of Pontian Greeks or people of Pontian ... Greece Macedonia , Western Thrace Thrace flag USA 200,000 Greek American flag Germany 100,000 Greeks ... br Greeks in Russia flag Ukraine 91,548 small 2001 small 77,516 in Donetsk Oblast Greeks in Ukraine Sometime referred to as Crimean Greeks flag Australia 56,000 Greek Australian flag Canada 20,000 ... 1974 small Greeks in the Czech Republic flag Georgia 15,166 small 2002 small 7,415 in Kvemo Kartli br 3,792 in Tbilisi br 2,168 in Adjara Greeks in Georgia flag Kazakhstan 12,703 small 2010 small 2,160 in Karagandy Province Karagandy br 1,767 in Almaty br 1,637 in Zhambyl Province Zhambyl Greeks ... ethno atlas uzb.pdf Ethnic Atlas of Uzbekistan ref Greeks in Uzbekistan ... ref 2,000 655 in Lori Province Lori br 308 in Yerevan Greeks in Armenia History Antiquity In Greek ..., as the numbers of Greeks settling in the region grew significantly, more colonies were established ... people understood them. They were Greeks too and, according to Xenophon, they had been there for over ... in 1461. During the Ottoman period a number of Pontian Greeks converted to Islam and adopted the Turkish ... any one of the Russo Turkish wars in which ethnic Greeks from the Ottoman Empire s northern ... Pontic Greeks from the eastern Trebizond region resettle in the area around Kars which together ... more details
The Greeks had a thriving presence in Egypt from the Hellenistic period up to today. Antiquity Greeks have been living in Egypt since the ancient times. Herodotus , who visited Egypt in the 5th century BC, claimed that the Greeks were one of the first foreigners that ever lived in Egypt. ref http web.ana mpa.gr afieromata omogeneia africa part a.html Bot generated title ref Diodorus Siculus attested that Rhodes Rhodian Actis , one of the Heliadae built ... census showed 62,973 Greeks living in Egypt. By 1940 Greeks were numbered at about 250,000. The Greek ..., Haret el Roum Street of the Greeks , and in Hamzaoui. The patriarchate was based in Haret el Roum ... like Zerbinis were based in Kafr Al Zayat. The first banks in Egypt were created by Greeks like the Bank ... Zoi . ref http noctoc noctoc.blogspot.com 2007 06 greeks of egypt.html Noctoc The Greeks Of Egypt ... II 1940 1945 , more than 7,000 Greeks fought for the Allies in the Middle East . 142 men died. Their financial ... left while the Greeks stayed. ref http www.neo.gr website ergasiamathiti 12.htm Bot ... benefactors Image 1896 Olympic tennis.jpg thumb Dionysios Kasdaglis , Egyptiot Greeks Greek tennis ... of Greeks from Egypt started during and after the Egyptian Revolution of 1952 revolution of 1952 ... and the subsequent nationalisation of many industries from 1957 and afterwards, thousands Greeks ... for the Greeks that stayed back in Egypt. It is estimated that between 1957 1962 almost 70 of the Egyptiot Greeks have left the country. Today Today the Greek community numbers officially about 3,000 people although the real number is much higher since many Greeks have changed their nationality to Egyptian ... among NCSR D and Alexandria University, Egypt 29 1 2009, retrieved on 31 1 2009 ref Notable Greeks ... and Historical Archive http noctoc noctoc.blogspot.com 2007 06 greeks of egypt.html Greeks in Egypt ... to Egypt Greek diaspora DEFAULTSORT Greeks In Egypt Category Greek minorities Egypt Category ... more details
demographic vacuum was the common. These Greeks, who arrived with Ottoman Empire passports, were ... and maritime trade. Citation needed date January 2012 The second wave of Greeks arriving to Argentina .... This time, Hellenes from all over the country, but mainly Macedonian Greeks Macedonians and Pontic Greeks Pontians , Cretans and other Aegean Islands islanders settled down far south. The majority ... are of course also places where Hellenic immigrants established. The main contribution that Greeks ... all the kiosks in the Buenos Aires downtown were owned by Greeks. Besides, candy majorist distribution ... , Argentina s main national university. Ethnically, the Greeks of Argentina are a very endogamic ... Government itself during the Annual Cultural Exchange Trips for Greeks Abroad, known as Programa ... and performances than every other diaspora Greeks and even better than those from motherland Greece ... DEFAULTSORT Greeks In Argentina Category Argentine people of Greek descent Category Ethnic groups in Argentina ... more details
. It was a major centre of Hellenistic culture which maintained the preeminence of Greeks Greek customs ... and language. References reflist See also Greeks in Lebanon Greeks in Turkey Greeks in Saudi Arabia Antiochian Greeks Greece Syria relations Greek diaspora DEFAULTSORT Greeks In Syria Category ... more details
There is a historical Greek community in Moldova of about 3,000 members. ref name gmfa Hellenic Republic Ministry of Foreign Affairs http old.mfa.gr english foreign policy nak moldova.html Moldova ref Thirty Greek companies are active in Moldova. Total invested Greek capital amounts to 5.3 million October 2003 . ref name gmfa Recently the headquarters of the Greek revolutionary organization Filiki Etaireia were discovered in Moldova. ref http www.ekathimerini.com 4dcgi news ell 1525131KathiLev&xml &aspKath ell.asp?fdate 14 07 2006 Ekathimerini Newspaper, 2006, English ed. ref History The Greek presence in what is now Moldova dates back as far as the apoikiai colonies and emporia trade stations founded in and around Dobruja see Colonies in antiquity and Pontic Greeks , beginning in the 7th century BC. Starting with the Miletus Milesian colony at Histria Sinoe Istros , the process reached its height after Constan a Tomis was founded in the 5th century BC. Although forever subject to the Dacians Dacian interference and easily disrupted by changes in the politics of neighbour tribal chieftains, the colonies prospered until being briefly submitted in various forms by King Burebista late 1st century BC . Immediately after, and for the following centuries, they were stripped of their privileges by their new Ancient Rome Roman masters, and followed the Empire into its crises. See also Greek Moldovan relations Greeks in Romania References reflist Greek diaspora Category Moldovan people ... more details
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